Antarctic Minke Whales (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Antarctic Minke Whales

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Minke whales are the smallest of the rorqual group of baleen whales, which use a “lunge feeding” strategy to capture large amounts of small prey such as krill.

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Image credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing

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